Method for configuring an input device and input device used therein

An input device, comprising:

• a housing;
• a plurality of user operable members installed on said housing;
• a calculating unit installed in said housing and coupled to said user operable members;
• and
• a memory installed in said housing, coupled to said calculating unit, and storing a lookup table that contains user input conditions and functions corresponding to input device control parameters;
• wherein, said calculating unit is operable so as to detect the operation of said user operable members, so as to match the detected operation of said user operable members to said lookup table stored in said memory, and so as to configure said input device using the input device control parameter associated with the matched user input conditions.

A method for configuring an input device including a housing, a plurality of user operable members installed on the housing, a calculating unit installed in the housing and coupled to at least one of the user operable members, and a memory installed in the housing and coupled to the calculating unit, the method comprising the steps of:

• A) storing into the memory a lookup table which contains a plurality of sets of input device control parameters associated with predetermined user input conditions;
• B) enabling the calculating unit to detect the operation of the user operable members;
• C) selecting a set of input device control parameters in the lookup table based on the detected operation of the user operable members;
• and
• D) configuring at least one of operation parameters of the input device by the selected set of input device control parameters.

An input device, comprising:

• a housing;
• a plurality of user operable members installed on the housing;
• a calculating unit installed in the housing and coupled at least one of the user operable members;
• and
• a memory installed in the housing, coupled to the calculating unit and storing a lookup table which contains a plurality of sets of input device control parameters associated with user input conditions;
• wherein the calculating unit is operable so as to detect the operation of the user operable members, select a set of input device control parameters in the lookup table based on the detected operation of the user operable members, and configure at least one of operation parameters of the input device by the selected set of input device control parameters.